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English Dictionary: submission	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for submission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
submission n something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" Synonym(s): submission, entry the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another Synonym(s): submission, compliance the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his submission to the will of God" the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness Synonym(s): meekness, submission a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Submission \Submis"sion\, n. [L. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. soumission.] 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. --Shak. 2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. In all submission* and humility York doth present himself unto your highness. --Shak. No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. --Sir W. Temple. 3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. Be not as extreme in submission As in offense. --Shak. 4. (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. --Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier.